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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Saturday, April 18, 1953

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 117.8 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,399
Across
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Egyptian goddess. : ISIS
5
Barnyard bleats. : BAAS
9
Flagpoles. : MASTS
14
Finis of the "Ten Little Indians." : NONE
15
Part of the overhead. : RENT
16
A wide expanse : OCEAN
17
Controversial public figure in France. : CHARLESDEGAULLE
20
A place for plants or plots. : HOTBED
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Nothing: French. : RIEN
22
Senator Holland's state: Abbr. : FLA
23
Man's nickname. : TIM
24
Slot machine item. : CENT
25
University in Nashville. : FISK
26
Cerebral end-product. : IDEA
28
Oriental name. : ALI
29
Squalid street. : SLUM
31
Sister. : NUN
32
Booker T. Washington was one. : SLAVE
34
Sufficiently. : AMPLY
37
Recent novel by J. D. Salinger, with "The." : CATCHERINTHERYE
40
It commends you "to God." : ADIEU
41
Meeting place in a popular song. : ASTOR
42
Pray: Latin. : ORA
43
Brief autobiographical sketch. : VITA
45
In the know. : HEP
46
More than. : OVER
47
Refrain of a carol. : NOEL
49
Place to hibernate. : LAIR
51
Sheep. : EWE
52
___-Saud, ruler in Mecca. : IBN
53
Hemmed. : SEWN
54
A kind of cracker. : ANIMAL
57
State of spreading over same space or time with another. : COEXTENSIVENESS
60
Famous nickname. : ELSIE
61
Indian one-horse carriage. : EKKA
62
Insect. : GNAT
63
Copal or mastic. : RESIN
64
Changes the color. : DYES
65
Ships: Abbr. : STRS
Down
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Move by small degrees. : INCH
2
Part of London. : SOHO
3
Symptom of spring fever. : INATTENTIVENESS
4
Where the Drina flows. : SERBIA
5
Reared. : BRED
6
Roman bronze. : AES
7
Enigma of the U. N. : ANDREIVISHINSKY
8
A famous Gertrude. : STEIN
9
Sound of woe. : MOAN
10
Needle: Comb. form. : ACU
11
A goal for everyone. : SELFIMPROVEMENT
12
Category for basketball players. : TALLS
13
A kind of thief. : SNEAK
18
General Shepherd. : LEM
19
Prepares. : GETS
24
Santa ___. : CLARA
25
Show irritation. : FUME
26
South American Indian. : INCA
27
A pair. : DUAD
28
"Brown October ___." : ALE
30
Broadway comedian. : LAHR
32
Fold together. : SHUT
33
Stage direction. : ENTER
35
A strummable instrument. : LYRE
36
Four seasons. : YEAR
38
Wainscot. : CEIL
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Relative of a yoyo. : TOP
44
Nautical term. : ALEE
46
Accounts payable. : OWINGS
47
More delightful. : NICER
48
Former French coin. : OBOLE
50
Having beards, as wheat. : AWNED
51
Compass point. : ENE
53
British carbine. : STEN
54
Miss Gardner and others, : AVAS
55
Glacial ridge, in Sweden. : ASAR
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Naval vessels. : LSTS
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Midnight. : XII
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Famous nickname. : IKE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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